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HENRY s. GRATIS, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

HANDLE-CAP FOR TRAVELING-BAGS.

- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 271,803, dated February 6, 1883,

Application filed May 22, 1882. (ModeL) To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HENRY S. Grams, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Handle-Gaps for Bags, Satchels, and Baskets, of which-the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings,forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of referenceindicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improvement. Fig. 2 is a sectional plan view of the same, taken through thelinem's, Fig. 1. Fig.3 is a sectional front elevation of the same, taken through the line y y, Fig. 2. Fig. 4: is a side elevation of the same,-partlyin section, through the line 2-2, Fig. 2.

The Object of this invention is to facilitate the attachment of handles to bags, Satchels,

and baskets, and promote security in said at tachment.

The invention consists in a handle-cap'for bags, satchels, and baskets constructed with a cap to receive the end of the handle, a capplate attached to the bag, satchel, or basket,

,and provided with a slotted hollow projection to receive the connecting head and stem, whereby a firm, secure, and durable connection is formed between the said handle and the said bag,satchel, or basket, as will be hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claim.

A represents acap, which is fitted upon the eud ot' a handle, and is secured in place by nails or rivets in the Ordinary manner.

B is the cap-plate, which is secured to the frame of a bag, satchel, or basket in the ordinary manner.

In the middle partofthecap-plateB is formed a hollow upward projection, O, which is open upon the lower side, and has a transverse slot, D, in its upper part. The projection C receives a ball, E, the stem F of which passes through the slot D and through a hole in the base of the cap A. The end of the, stem F is headed down or riveted within the cap A to form a firm connection.

I am aware of the patents of E. Ru-mpp and .A. Weinreich, dated November 122, 1878, No.

209,926, and O. Reic-henbach, dated July 27, 1880, No. 230,57 2, for handle attachments for satchels, and I therefore lay no claim to such inventions, my invention being confined to the precise construction and arrangement of parts pointed out in the claim, whereby great cheapness, simplicity, and compactness of constructionare attained.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure byLetters Patent- In a handle-cap for traveling-bags, the combination, with the cap A, having a hole in the center of its base, of the cap-plate B, provided with the hollow projectiouO, having the slot D in its upper end, and the ball E, provided with the shank F, riveted to the base-plate of J AMES T. GRAHAM, U. SEDGWIOK. 

